Sybert v. State

CARDINE, Justice.

Appellant Steven Sybert was convicted of first degree arson in violation of § 6-3-101, W.S.1977. 1 He raises three issues on appeal, all of which involve limiting instructions relating to prior inconsistent statements of a witness. We must decide: (1) whether appellant made a timely objection to an allegedly inadequate limiting instruction which the court gave at trial; (2) whether appellant made a sufficient request for a second limiting instruction which the court refused to give; and, (3) assuming that appellant’s request for the second instruction was insufficient,…